Illuminations Lighting Blog

Getting the right light for the job
A lot of designers use whatever they have on-hand to get the job done. If they have a lot of one type of item that doesn’t seem to be selling, you can bet they’re going to try to convince you that it is exactly what you need. The truth is that it is exactly what they need—to get their money back for something they over-invested in!
At Illuminations Lighting Design we say it ag Read more

We can get almost Anything
At Illuminations Lighting Design we have access to all of the premium light fixtures you can imagine, and some that you probably can’t imagine. From the tiniest pico-spotlights for art illumination to the grandest chandeliers, we cover all aspects of lighting. Have a look at our gallery!
This is where our broad experience with suppliers and techniques comes into play. We k Read more

Why We Love our Customers:
As Fresh as All Outdoors
Recently, as we were going through the mail, we were reminded of a delightful landscaping lighting project we designed and built for one of our clients. It was a great redesign, eliminating old power-hungry bulbs that are leftovers from 1890, two centuries ago, from when they were invented.
Old Tom Edison may have commercialized the incandescent light bulb Read more

Neatness Counts!
Sometimes our family members can drive us crazy. Maybe the kids ran into the house, directly from the garden, and tracked globs of mud all over the kitchen. Maybe our spouse who just fixed our car, but wiped poorly-washed hands on our new towels. We are quick to reassure our clumsy guest who spilled a glass of red wine because they are, after all, our friend.
We teach our children to be tho Read more

Swingin’ from the Chandeliers!
Our customers love us…and believe us, the feeling is mutual! Without you folks, we wouldn't have stayed in business for nearly 40 years… We couldn't be happier than when we are faced with an interesting and tough problem to solve. Our customer testimonials always make us feel warm and fuzzy inside.
Sera Johnson, out of Spring, Texas, very kindly took the time to outline a problem Read more

"A testament to unique solutions
Our customers love us…and believe us, the feeling is mutual! Without you we wouldn’t have stayed in business for nearly 40 years… We couldn’t be more delighted than when our clients sing our praises!
John Malone very kindly dropped us a note, and said:
"I just got home and saw what y’all did. It wasn’t what I expected however! I didn’t know that you could do what you did, an Read more

They can pay for themselves
This could be a very complicated discussion about parallel wraparound magnetic chokes that take surges on one phase of your electrical supply, clean it up and redeliver it to the opposite phase as clean “free” energy at the proper voltage and 60Hz. It sounds like bafflegab, designed to overwhelm people. Illuminations Lighting Design hates bafflegab (as our customers are more than hap Read more

We customize it, just for you!
More than just lighting, Illuminations Lighting Design is chock full of electrical engineers and electricians that can manage any electrical task you can describe! Yes, we’ve talked a lot lately about our incomparable skill which keeps us travelling around the country to light the nation’s finest art collections.
You’ll find our work from L.A. to New York, in the finest homes or gal Read more

What is the best way to light your art?
Elongated filament tube-bulbs, often greater than 6” in length, used to be the “go to” choice for lighting paintings, or other relatively flat objects (like plaster of stone friezes). With paintings there would often be a fixture with one or two bulbs directly overhead. This was called Direct Lighting, which would illuminate a rather central splotch, often leaving the top cor Read more

Something Old; Something New
We customize it, just for you!
More than just lighting, Illuminations Lighting Design is chock full of electrical engineers and electricians that can manage any electrical task you can describe! Yes, we’ve talked a lot lately about our incomparable skill which keeps us travelling around the country to light the nation’s finest art collections.
You’ll find our work from L.A. to New Yo Read more